MANILA, Philippines — Yes! there is corruption involving personnel of the Bureau of Customs, this was confirmed by no less than Commissioner Isidro Lapeña. The admission came as the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is conducting probe into the PHP6.4-billion shabu shipment from China which slipped. A custom broker told Newsline.ph “Tara, has been there for […]
Archives for September 2017
Classes resume in 12 public schools in Marawi
MARAWI CITY, Philippines — Classes resumed in 12 public elementary schools in Marawi City, as clashes between security forces and Daesh-inspired fighters continue in the main battle area. On September 5, classes in Sultan Conding Elementary School, Sikap Elementary School, Cabingan Primary School, Banga Elementary School, Datu Tambak Elementary School, Rorogagus Elementary School, Bito Elementary […]
Congress approves national ID system
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Friday approved on final reading a measure seeking to create a national identification (ID) system that will streamline, integrate and simplify public and private transactions in the country. The approval of House Bill 6221 was supported by the 142 Representatives, seven voted in the negative with one abstention. […]
Courtroom inside Davao City Jail opens
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Experience comfort in a hostile situation? Yes, one can. At the Davao City Jail in Maa here where prisoners, jail guards and members of the judiciary experience comfort because trial of cases wil be held just within the facility. It is comfort for everyone, as jail guards need not […]
Presidential son Paolo Duterte, Mans Carpio deny involvement in shabu shipment from China
DAVAO CITY — The accusations of Senator Antonio Trillanes are baseless and full of lies, this how Presidential son and Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and brother-in-law Manases Carpio manifest during the Senate hearing as they denied involvement in the P6.4-B illegal drugs shipment from China. In his opening statement, Duterte said “kinahanglan mobarog ko […]
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Lapeña scraps Customs command center
MANILA, Philippines — Newly assumed Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña scrapped the bureau’s command center but empowers district collectors to issue alert. On August August 31, Lapeña signed Memorandum Order No. 14-2017 reverting the deputy commissioners of the Intelligence Group, Enforcement Group, and all district collectors nationwide the authority to issue alert orders. In scrapping the […]
10 BIFF bandits slain in Maguindanao airstrike
Zamboanga City- -Ten members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were slain in a series of airstrikes launched by the Joint Task Force Central in Maguindanao. Elements of the 57th Infantry Battalion reinforced fighters of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces-Moro Islamic Liberation Front, who were engaging factions of the Daesh-inspired group in Barangay Tee, Datu […]
SMB to plant 70k trees this year to sustain re-greening project
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Beer market leader San Miguel Brewery Inc. has vowed to pursue more tree planting activities this year to sustain its support to the government’s re-greening program, particularly in its areas of operation, through its Trees Brew Life program. This year, the beer company aims to plant 70,000 seedlings of hardwood, mangrove […]
Benguet serves giant fresh fruit salad to 1,000 people
BENGUET, Philippines — A total of 176 kilograms of fresh fruits were served to around 1,000 people at the largest fruit salad event held here Monday in time for the town’s 3rd Fruit Festival. Sablan, the fruit basket of the province, launched the event as the highlight of the three-day festival that ended Monday. With […]
Ethics complaint filed vs Trillanes
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Richard Gordon on Monday formally filed his complaint against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV before the Senate Ethics Committee. The complaint, which was filed at around 7:40 p.m., stemmed from a heated argument between the two senators during the August 31st Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the PHP6.4 billion worth of […]
Negros Councilor fined P10,000,pleads guilty to sexual harassment charge
MANILA, Philippines — For sexually harassing an employee and pleaded guilty before the court, a former councilor was fined P10,000 by the Sandiganbayan. Carlo Villavicencio, a former member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental pleaded guilty for sexually harassing a technical assistant in August to December 2005. The complainant said Villavicencio took advantage […]
Maguindanao town councilor arrested in a buy-bust operation
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — A municipal councilor of Maguindanao who is reportedly behind the notorious Baliwan drug group operating in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) was arrested in a buy-bust operations Sunday afternoon in a posh village here. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency XI (PDEA) identified the municipal official as Fatima Daud Baliwan […]